Traffic

The National Assembly Standing Committee deputies discuss on the draft law on road traffic safety and order on Wednesday morning. — VNA/VNS Photo Doãn Tấn HÀ NỘI — The majority of National Assembly deputies agreed on the need to build a draft law on road traffic safety and order separate from the draft law on road traffic to reduce traffic accidents and tighten compliance with traffic laws. At the 48th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday, many NA deputies said the number of traffic accidents and traffic fatalities has remained high despite the efforts of authorities. NA Secretary General Nguyễn Hạnh Phúc said in recent years, road traffic accidents accounted for 95 per cent of the total number of accidents across the country. Though the Law on Road Traffic was issued in 2008, the number of accidents has only slightly decreased, so it was necessary and urgent to improve the legal framework to ensure traffic order and safety. Figures from the Ministry … [Read more...] about New draft law key to reducing traffic accidents: deputies

HÀ NỘI (VNS) – Deputy Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked the northern Hòa Bình Province Police to find out the cause of an accident that killed three people in Mai Châu District. In an urgent message sent late on Monday, the deputy PM said the police should find out the cause of a collision between a coach and an oil truck yesterday afternoon on a stretch of National Highway 6, which also left 26 people injured. The accident occurred when the oil truck was travelling from Hà Nội to Hòa Bình and the 24-seater coach was going from Điện Biên to Hà Nội. The coach was of the ‘Đức Thắng’ company. Phúc asked the chief of Điện Biên Committee for Traffic Safety to investigate compliance with transportation regulations in a month by the Đức Thắng Transport Firm. The Hải Phòng Committee for Traffic Safety was also asked to check compliance with transportation business regulations by Tân Long Petrol Joint Stock Company, the owner of the oil truck. — VNS … [Read more...] about Police asked to probe traffic accident

Traffic accidents, deaths, injuries fall in the first quarter this year. –– Illustrative Photo antoangiaothong.gov.vn Viet Nam News - HÀ NỘI (VNS) — Some 5,000 traffic accidents occurred across Việt Nam in the first quarter of 2016, killing nearly 2,200 people and injuring more than 4,500, the National Traffic Safety Committee has reported. Compared to the same period last year, the number of traffic accidents, deaths and injuries fell by 14.8 per cent, 6.5 per cent and 17.7 per cent, respectively, the committee said on Tuesday. According to the report, the transport police also fined more than 909,000 vehicles for violating laws on the roads, collecting VNĐ608 billion (US$27 million). Fines were issued in 505 cases for violating railway safety, contributing more than VNĐ124 million ($5,500) to the state budget, and 39,400 vehicles were fined a total of VNĐ22 billion ($998,000) for breaking laws on the waterways. Besides this, 7,700 out of 51,000 flights were … [Read more...] about Traffic accidents, deaths, injuries fall in Q1

Traffic slowed along Giải Phóng Road in Hà Nội yesterday as thousands returned to the city after the holiday. — Photo infonet.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI -- An influx of people returned to big cities, particularly Hà Nội and HCM City, after enjoying the four-day holiday for the Reunification and Labour Day celebrations, causing some traffic congestion along cities’ entrance routes. The National Highway 1, which runs from north to south, experienced the most serious traffic jams at its Pháp Vân-Cầu Gĩe crossroads heading towards Hà Nội yesterday, when traffic peaked. Travellers, most of whom were office workers or children visiting their families in different provinces, tried to reach the city on time to begin their working day today, and many were forced to scramble to find an available city-bound bus. The bus stations of Mỹ Đình and Giáp Bát in Hà Nội yesterday were chaotic due to thousands of passengers arriving at the same time in the afternoon. People stuffed into … [Read more...] about Holiday traffic jams persist as travellers flock back to cities

Vice chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee Khuất Việt Hùng visited accident victims in Quảng Ngãi Province yesterday and ordered the prosecution of the coach driver according to regulations. — VNA/VNS Photo Đinh Thị Hương Viet Nam News QUẢNG NGÃI — National Traffic Safety Committee vice chairman Khuất Việt Hùng has ordered prosecution of the coach driver responsible for the accident that killed four people and seriously injured five others in the central province of Quảng Ngãi yesterday. At around 8am yesterday, on a section of the National Highway in Tịnh Phong Commune, 8km south of Quảng Ngãi City, a 16-seater coach with a Đà Nẵng number plate, travelling north to south, reportedly rammed into a truck carrying wood travelling in the same direction and a truck carrying soil on the opposite side of the road. Three people were killed on the spot while one person died in hospital. Initial investigation by the provincial … [Read more...] about Quảng Ngãi accident: Traffic committee orders prosecution

Three vehicle were destroyed by fire after a traffic accident on National Highway 1 killed 13 and injured 39 people. — Photo danviet.vn Viet Nam News BÌNH THUẬN — The People’s Committee of southern Bình Thuận Province has confirmed the cause of a traffic accident which killed 13 and injured 39 people on National Highway 1 session through the province early this week. The committee announced the results of an investigation into the accident on Friday. The accident occurred at about 4pm on May 22 when Trần Công Định, driver of a Sơn Quy coach tried to pass a truck moving in the same direction. After passing through the head of the truck, the coach crashed head-on into a sleeper bus numbered of the Phương Trang transport company driving in the opposite direction. The sleeper bus was traveling from Quảng Ngãi to HCM City. The collision was so strong that it caused the two vehicles turn across the highway. Phương Trang sleeper bus immediately went up in flames then the … [Read more...] about Bình Thuận traffic accident’s cause confirmed

Traffic police and youth volunteers control vehicles at a university entrance exam place last year. – Photo vov.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI – The National Traffic Safety Committee has sent a notice to the concerned ministries and sectors to ensure public order and traffic safety during the coming university and college entrance exams starting July 1. According to the notice, the Ministry of Transport has been asked to guide the departments of transport and transport enterprises to prepare enough standard vehicles for transporting the candidates. Traffic inspectors are expected to co-operate with traffic police to prevent traffic jams, especially at railway stations and terminals. Vietnam Railway and Vietnam Airlines are responsible for security arrangements in transporting the exam questions. The Ministry of Public Security must step up inspections and apply strict penalties for traffic violations, especially in cases of speeding, driving under the influence of alcohol and … [Read more...] about Traffic safety for exams urged

A traffic accident happened in Phú Yên province when a coach collided with a container truck. — VNA/VNS photo Viet Nam News PHÚ YÊN — Authorities of central Phú Yên Province have warned drivers of nine “black spots” where road accidents could occur along some national highways passing through the province, following recent inspection. They include black spots on national highways 25, 29 and 19C, crossing Sơn Hòa, Đồng Xuân, Phú Hòa and Tây Hòa districts, which have recorded a year-on-year increase of three per cent in the number of traffic accidents over the past eight months. The number of traffic accidents along these highways accounted for 26 per cent of the total figure of the whole province during the period. The province reported 155 traffic accidents since the beginning of the year, killing 72 people and injuring 150 others, according to the provincial Department of Transport. Director of the transport department Nguyễn Thành Trí said these … [Read more...] about Phú Yên warns drivers of traffic black spots

Traffic police penalise violators in Hà Nội. Police will launch a campaign to ensure safe travel during Tết holiday. – VNA/VNS Photo Doãn Tấn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI – Traffic police nation-wide will begin a two-month-long campaign to ensure traffic safety and social order for the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday. This was revealed by the Department of Traffic Police under the Ministry of Public Security on Friday. The campaign will be on from December 16 to February 15. Traffic police will mobilise their force to implement this campaign, focusing on National Highway 1A from northern Lạng Sơn Province to southernmost Cà Mau Province. Specific locations where traffic accidents occur often, will also be heavily patrolled. Traffic police will crack down on drunk driving and order tests to determine alcohol levels in the driver’s blood. Those who violate traffic laws, such as speeding, driving in the wrong lane, carrying more people than allowed … [Read more...] about Police ensure traffic safety for Tết

With more than 26,000 taxis, HCM City’s traffic congestion has worsened in recent years. – VNA/VNS Photo Viet Nam News HCM CITY – Stand on just about any sidewalk in downtown HCM City and you can’t fail to see an oncoming stream of taxis, a welcome sight for passengers during rush hour and rainy days, but quite a nuisance for many others. Some local residents and officials say the explosion of taxi services in recent years is contributing to traffic congestion, which has become increasingly worse. As of 2016, there were a total of 11,060 traditional taxis and 15,300 app-based taxis, double the number that city officials had previously targeted. Traffic is often so bad around the city that it’s uncommon for a resident to go for more than a day without struggling to wriggle through crowded streets at any time of the day. Adding to the congestion is the daily flush of vehicles that enter and leave the city from neighbouring provinces. Though the city’s … [Read more...] about Are taxis making HCM City’s traffic worse?